matanapär

Volapük

Etymology

matana (“spouse (genitive case)”) +‎ pär (“pair, couple”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma.ta.na.ˈpɛɾ]

Noun

matanapär (nominative plural matanapärs)

1. married couple (husband and wife)

Declension

declension of matanapär

	singular	plural
nominative	matanapär	matanapärs
genitive	matanapära	matanapäras
dative	matanapäre	matanapäres
accusative	matanapäri	matanapäris
vocative 1	o matanapär!	o matanapärs!
predicative 2	matanapäru	matanapärus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• matans

Hypernyms

• himatan (“husband”)
• jimatan (“wife”)

Related terms

• matan (“spouse”)
• matanik (“spousal”)
• pär (“pair, couple”)